The FAA has charged to Texas. 31 aviation authorities from around the world to advise on the Boeing 737 MAX. In Europe, pilots want to prevent a premature re-registration of the accident plane.
The word choice of the European cockpit Association leads to only one conclusion: Europe’s pilots of the U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing, the American aviation authority on the way. trust neither It was disturbed by “deeply”, that the manufacturer and the FAA examined the return of the Boeing 737 MAX in aviation already, to have basic questions answered. It is in particular questionable whether the System of the Accident aircraft could not be without fundamental Reform, for sure.
In the scheduled for Thursday Meeting of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 31-flight Supervisory authorities of the European aviation oversight EASA (European Aviation Safety Agency) has a key role to the pilots and passengers in Europe to hedge, it means in the case of the pilot Association in Brussels. ECA President Jon Horne criticized the System from the FAA to leave parts of the tests and inspections to the manufacturer. It is very likely that this was also done in the case of other aircraft, and would have to be tested in Europe.
Manufacturers were allowed to test their technique
These practices of the US authority in the approval of aircraft worldwide has caused sharp criticism. During the last decade, the FAA had new planes in many cases, external experts and the manufacturers themselves test. Members in the U.S. also criticized that the authority of a flight ban only after all other Supervisory authorities around the world for the 373 MAX imposed.
No yaw rate for the in-flight safety: The ECA take a critical look on the Boeing 737 MAX
So far, the FAA leaves, when she reverses the spell for the accident pilot again. Authorities chief Daniel Elwell had explained on Wednesday, his technique experts would turn over every stone. It should take a year until you have everything you need, in order to let the planes fly again, “so be it”. Consequently, the aircraft could remain for months on the ground. The U.S. airlines American Airlines and Southwest have planned for your machine from August.
And a Software Update
Boeing had recently announced that development of a Updates for the control software of the aircraft was completed. The FAA needs to certify the Changes, however, before the machines are allowed to start again. In addition, the aircraft manufacturer has removed claims to defects in the Software of the flight simulator. Thus, the training device will respond under different flight conditions as well as the aircraft.
FAA chief Daniel Elwell (archive)
FAA chief Elwell said, Boeing have not presented the Updates of his authority. Boeing was already two months ago, on the verge of the requested Updates to submit, but then withdrawn, as a Committee, have expressed concerns.
In the crash of a Boeing 737 MAX of Ethiopian Airlines in March and a machine of the same type of Indonesian airline Lion Air in October, a total of 346 people were killed. In both cases, the MCAS Software may have been responsible. The on-Board computer should not have pressed the nose of the Boeing down, the crew was able to correct the error. In this connection, it was also questioned how well the pilots knew about this System and how well they are when Training in the Simulator prepared had been.
rb/uh (afp, dpa, rtr)